All,
I just want to thank everybody who has sent feedback to us. It's great
input and I assure you that you're feedback will have great impact on
the future directions of MySQL Cluster.
Please continue giving feedback, good and bad. Thank you,
T
Tomas Ulin wrote:
> (sorry my previour mail came out wrong, I'll stay off html-formatting
> ;-) )
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm now following up my previous mail.
>
> We're in the midst af planning for the development next year, what
> goes into 5.0, 5.1 and so on. We want to make sure we catch as much
> as possible of what you, our users, want out of MySQL Cluster.
>
> You have the link with limitations in 4.1:
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/MySQL_Cluster_Limitations_in_4.1.html> and _no_ more features will go into 4.1, there will only be bug fixing
> and fixing performance related issues (those that deemed not to
> endanger the stability).
>
> So to make sure we get as close as possible to releasing what you need
> we would really appreciate if you can take some time to answer the 17
> questions below (feel free to skip any, but the more input we get, the
> better we can provide you with what you need). Send it as a reply to
> this mail, to the cluster list, or to me as you please. And feel free
> to add any additional input that you might think of.
>
> So here are the questions:
>
> 0. Are you using/considering using MySQL Cluster for production,
> reasearch, fun? And if still considering, in what timeframe?
>
> 1. What application or type of application are you using/intending
> to use MySQL Cluster for? E.g.
>
> * Telecom Operations
> * Real-time subscriber information/profiles/authentication (Catalog
> Lookups, login/pwd, HLR databases)
> * Real-time billing information (usage records produced when a user
> uses a service, e.g. VOIP calls, CDRs)
> * Dynamic state data for online systems (session management)
> * Web applications (e-Commerce site, online shopping carts)
> * Real-Time Data Access for Finance (real-time financial information
> e.g. stock info,trading info, position info)
> * Real-Time Systems Monitoring (log aggregation, looking for
> patterns/particular values on a very dynamic datastore)
> * or other. What if so?
>
> 2. What are the most important characteristics of your application (high
> availability, response time, scalability)?
>
> A.
> B.
> C.
>
> 3. If you are considering MySQL Cluster and this is an existing
> application;
> * What database are you currently using? * What critical
> database features are you using?
> * What features are missing in the current database?
>
> 4. Why are you using/considering MySQL Cluster (HA, performance,
> low-cost,
> platform support, packaged solution)?
>
> 5. Are there any specific performance metrics you needed/are trying
> to meet?
> *Transaction volume :
> * Read/write ratio :
>
> 6. Do you have any specific HA metric expectations or requirements?
>
> 7. What is the size of your database?
> * GBytes:
> *Number of tables:
> * Rows:
>
> 8. What platforms do you need to support for? (hardware, CPU,
> operating system,
> other software)?
>
> 9. What other databases are you considering?
>
> 10. What issues have been encountered while you've been using MySQL
> Cluster so far?/
> * What version are you using (version, own build, built yourself)?
> * Installation issues:
> * Configuration issues:
> * Setup issues:
> * Bugs encountered:
> * Documentation issues:
>
> 11. Anything keeping you from continuing development and/or deploying
> on MySQL
> Cluster? (usability, stability, performance, features)
>
> 12. Are there any critical features that MySQL Cluster does not
> support that's
> keeping you from solving your problem? (Foreign Keys, Joins,
> Disk-based data, Replication, BLOBs, etc)
>
> 13. What are the other MySQL Cluster pain points you can think of?
>
> 14. Can you comment on the documentation?
>
> 15. What additions or changes to MySQL Cluster would be required in
> the short
> term (next 3-6 months to take it into production)?
>
> 16. What are the aspects of MySQL Cluster that are particularly
> suitable for your application and have they worked well?
>
> Other Comments?
>
>
>
>
> Thank you very much for your input,
>
> Tomas Ulin
>

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